Asparagaceae {family} - Tracheophyta; Liliopsida; Asparagales;

Sub-taxa

Subfamilies (5)
  1. Agavoideae [2]
  2. Asparagoideae [371]
  3. Brodiaeoideae [2]
  4. Convallarioideae [55]
  5. Nolinoideae [256]
Genera (102)
  1. Acanthocarpus [4]
  2. Albuca [57]
  3. Alrawia [1]
  4. Androstephium [5]
  5. Anemarrhena [13]
  6. Anthericum [34]
  7. Aphyllanthes [7]
  8. Arthropodium [3]
  9. Aspidistra [23]
  10. Avonsera [3]
  11. Battandiera [9]
  12. Beaucarnea [23]
  13. Beschorneria [7]
  14. Bessera [12]
  15. Bowiea [8]
  16. Calibanus [6]
  17. Camassia [23]
  18. Campylandra [21]
  19. Cathissa [7]
  20. Chamaescilla [3]
  21. Chamaexeros [2]
  22. Chionodoxa [3]
  23. Chlorogalum [15]
  24. Chlorophytum [161]
  25. Coilonox [10]
  26. Comospermum [6]
  27. Cordyline [45]
  28. Corynotheca [5]
  29. Danae [4]
  30. Dandya [8]
  31. Dasylirion [11]
  32. Diamena [1]
  33. Dichelostemma [23]
  34. Dichopogon [1]
  35. Dipcadi [63]
  36. Disporopsis [19]
  37. Diuranthera [1]
  38. Dracaena [153]
  39. Drimia [50]
  40. Drymophila [16]
  41. Echeandia [13]
  42. Eliokarmos [18]
  43. Eriospermum [19]
  44. Eucharis [13]
  45. Eucomis [5]
  46. Eustrephus [7]
  47. Furcraea [17]
  48. Hagenbachia [4]
  49. Hastingsia [6]
  50. Hensmania [2]
  51. Herpolirion [1]
  52. Herreria [3]
  53. Herreriopsis [2]
  54. Hesperoyucca [5]
  55. Hessea [10]
  56. Heteropolygonatum [9]
  57. Hosta [41]
  58. Hyacinthoides [28]
  59. Hyacinthus [3]
  60. Jaimehintonia [2]
  61. Lachenalia [243]
  62. Lapiedra [7]
  63. Laxmannia [5]
  64. Ledebouria [26]
  65. Leucocrinum [4]
  66. Liriope [45]
  67. Lomandra [22]
  68. Manfreda [15]
  69. Massonia [9]
  70. Milla [19]
  71. Murchisonia [1]
  72. Muscari [66]
  73. Neopatersonia [7]
  74. Ophiopogon [167]
  75. Ornithogalum [190]
  76. Oziroe [17]
  77. Paradisea [5]
  78. Peliosanthes [36]
  79. Pleomele [7]
  80. Polianthes [15]
  81. Prospero [38]
  82. Pseudogaltonia [2]
  83. Pseudoprospero [1]
  84. Reineckea [9]
  85. Rohdea [10]
  86. Ruscus [37]
  87. Sansevieria [39]
  88. Scilla [56]
  89. Semele [3]
  90. Sowerbaea [5]
  91. Speirantha [6]
  92. Spetaea [2]
  93. Theropogon [3]
  94. Thysanotus [5]
  95. Tricalistra [2]
  96. Trichopetalum [4]
  97. Tricyrtis [11]
  98. Triteleia [15]
  99. Tupistra [20]
  100. Veltheimia [5]
  101. Whiteheadia [1]
  102. Xerolirion [1]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 2,954 Public Records: 2,453
Specimens with Sequences: 3,671 Public Species: 768
Specimens with Barcodes: 2,749 Public BINs: 0
Species: 836          
Species With Barcodes: 667          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Asparagaceae
(Albuca - KBGPP48) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Anthericum - Peru18272) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Aphyllanthes - UM-AASS-0186) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2022) Guillaume Papuga Universite Montpellier
(Asparagoideae - MP2954) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Beaucarnea - AP2.1) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Beschorneria - GE02176) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia
(Camassia - CCDB-23967-A05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Chionodoxa - L 0895157) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Naturalis Biodiversity center Naturalis Biodiversity center (Chlorogalum - CCDB-24952-B08) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Chlorophytum - B135) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Convallarioideae - MT00179986) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2012) MT Herbier Marie-Victorin (Cordyline - OMH-D30) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) James Tosh Natural History Museum, London
(Dichelostemma - CCDB-24956-E12) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Dipcadi - KBGPP267) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Dracaena - XM_0547) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Cam Webb, Endro Setiawan & Hery Yanto Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
(Drimia - MP90) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre fo DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studise (Eriospermum - KBGPP243) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified Compton Herbarium (Furcraea - GE02180) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia
(Hesperoyucca - CCDB-24952-G09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Hosta - H809420) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Hyacinthoides - NBGW6024) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Lachenalia - UFS029) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Ledebouria - FFVCC110) @11 [ ] nrr Unspecified Unspecified (Liriope - CSU028) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Manfreda - GE02187) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Abisai J. Garcia Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia (Muscari - 116_017) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2019) Kostrzyca Forest Gene Bank Kostrzyca Forest Gene Bank (Nolinoideae - CCDB-23967-D02) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
(Ophiopogon - MP5541) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) G D Khedkar Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Ornithogalum - BGE_00079_B10) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution by TAU herbarium (2025) TAU herbarium Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Oziroe - Peru18015) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden
(Polianthes - MP945) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (Ruscus - NMW866) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Sansevieria - TK1_E1_NMK) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Unspecified Mpala Research Centre
(Scilla - CCDB-23112-B11) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) Deb Metsger Royal Ontario Museum (Triteleia - ERM1755) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified UBC Herbarium (Veltheimia - OM3216) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Veltheimia)
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Collected from 31 countries.
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South Africa308Netherlands30Poland18
India144Australia28France15
Kenya65Austria23Costa Rica12
United Kingdom56China23Pakistan11
United States55Norway23Peru5
Canada42Egypt22Japan5
Mexico32Indonesia20

Taxon Occurrence (GBIF)